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'BROTHER OFFICERS.' 



BROTHER OFFICERS 

A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS 

BY 

LEO TREVOR 



AS PRODUCED 

AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Published zvith the Authotization 
of Mr. Charles Frohman 








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NEW YORK 
R. H. RUSSELL PUBLISHER 

1900 



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MAR5-1900 




' rVE HEARD OF YOU SO 
OFTEN, MR. HINDS." 



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'DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, LADY ROYDON, TO 
VISIT A PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TO 
FIND SOMETHING STRANGELY FAMILIAR IN IT?" 




M NKVER KNEW WHAT FRIENDSHIP WAS 
TILL I MET LANCER — AND YOU.' 




'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME INTRODUCE 
YOU TO A CELEBRATED BEAR TAMER, IN 
FUTURE TO BE KNOWN BY THE STYLE AND 
DESIGNATION OF LADY ROYDON, OF BRUIN.' 








'I DRINK. TO THE HEALTH OF A BRAVE GENTLEMAN 
AND OUR BETTER ACQUAINTANCE." 




' I DON'T BELIEVE A FELLOW EVER 
HAD SUCH A PAL BEFORE. " 




'I'M VERY MUCH FLATTERED. 




'SIR, I NEITHER WANT IT 
NOR WILL I HAVE IT." 




'NOW THIS PARADES OVER — VOU CAN FALL 
OUT. RIGHT Tl'RX, DISMISS. FALL OUT." 




'SUPPOSE I RID YOU OF 
THIS MAN HUTTON ? " 




'JOHN HINDS IS THE BEST FELLOW BREATHING, 
BUT HE'S NO HUSBAND FOR LADY ROYDON." 




'WAS IT A MIRACLE THAT I SHOULD LOVE HER? IS 
IT ABSURD THAT I FANCIED SHE MIGHT CARE FOR ME ? 
WHAT DO I KNOW OF WOMEN OF HER CLASS = HOW 
CAN I TELL WHEN AND WHERE THEY LOVE' 'THE 

^BEST FELLOW BREATHING BUT NO FIT HUSBAND FOR 
LADV ROVDON.- ■ 




"REALLY? LET US TRY 
AGAIN. CUT. THANKS.' 



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"LANCER, DEAR, IT IS YOU WHO 
DO NOT UNI3ERSTAND." 




'I COULD GO ON TURNING THE 
KING TILL ALL WAS BLUE." 




'STAND STILL JIM STANTON, YOU 
LEAVE THOSE FIRE-IRONS ALONE !" 




'A YEAR AGO, WHEN I GOT MV COMMISSION FROM 
THE QUEEN, I THOUGHT THAT A GREATER HONOR 
COULD NEVER COME TO ME. 1 WAS WRONG. THE 
COMMISSION I HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM YOU MAKES 
THIS THE PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE." 



MAR 5 tSOO 




'I MEAN THAT I LOVE YOU, LANCER, VOU HAVE 
HUMBLED MY PRIDE, BUT 1 LOVE YOU." 



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